Next Of Kin (2018) s01e01 Episode Script

Episode 1

Faisal!
Er, nothing, doctor.
She's nobody. Well, she's clearly
SOMEBODY. Come on. Open the gate.
You have a plane to catch. Come on.
Let me see. Come to me.
OK.
OK. Operation.
Nurse!
Let's go. Come with me.
Prepare the theatre now. She
needs her appendix out.
Do you have time for this?
I've got time. Come on.
Now, what happened to you,
young man?
Oh.
Oh, but that's all, dear.
Look I've got some stickers. Do
you like stickers?
Now roll your sleeve up. All the
way, right up to the top. Yeah?
I like the orange one. Do you
like the orange one? Yeah. Yeah?
And what about the yellow one?
Yeah.
All you're gonna feel is a little
scratch, all right? Yeah.
Yeah. Didn't feel
anything, did you? No.
Retractors.
Everything's come back fine. Oh,
thank goodness for that.
Yeah? Yeah.
You're gonna go to Wales? Yeah. Ah,
that's nice.
See? It didn't hurt, did it?
I know. I know.
The English Tourist Board
would have my neck.
Now as befits a
fine, independent
trading nation like ours,
what great dreamers need is
great partners.
Guy, this is Mr Khalid. Guy
Harcourt. Pleased to meet you, sir.
Very good to meet you.
Rest assured, we'll be
on hand day and night
to help you negotiate.
Hi, this is Mona. Leave
your name and number and I'll call
you back. Thank you.
Hey it's me.
So, they uh
pretty much took our arm off,
which means we're in business.
And that makes today officially a
good day.
Call me.
Going up.
You've got to be kidding me.
I swear to God.
Mum called me from the
lift in your apartment
block. Seriously, what
is she like, huh?
It's the second time she's been
stuck in that thing. What are you
doing to her? Psycho.
Yeah, it's all one big conspiracy.
Oh, and everybody's in on it.
GCHQ, neighbourhood watch, ME,
obviously.
And the latest the
lady from Virgin Active.
Now listen, I've
heard all about her.
Like, seriously
What is she doing calling you?
You're, like,
four time zones away.
What are you gonna do?
What can I say? Number one son,
isn't it? Yeah, whatever.
Where were you? I could've fainted.
Sorry.
Mother-in-law. Thank you for
your help. You all right?
I'm sure he does it on purpose. I'm
sure he doesn't. Thank you.
Yeah, listen, Lady Muck, can you
just avoid the lift from now on?
It's a shortcut.
It's not much of a shortcut
on today's evidence.
What's the point in having
a lift if it doesn't work?
Oh, I don't know. It puts up
property prices
What have you got in here? Rocks?
Dare I even ask what that is? Head
and hooves.
Oh, good. My favourite.
You like eating it, though.
No. It's one of the many sacrifices
I make to keep you happy. Yes,
of course.
Mona, are you sitting down? Yeah,
obviously, I'm in a taxi.
What is it? There's a slight chance
I might not make this flight.
I thought you said you were at the
airport? N Not exactly.
Oh, Kareem! Look, I
I don't wanna hear it,
OK? You just get on
that flight, all right?
I know. I know. Just
I gotta make
a small detour first. For what?
We need you home, silly. Mum's been
cooking all week!
I promise you it'll be worth it.
Mona? Hang on.
Totally gridlocked, love.
Talk to me. Where are you?
Do you know what's going on?
I dunno.
Mona? Mona?
Talk to me. What's happening?
Hi. I'm still here. It's
just everything's come to a
standstill.
I don't know what's going on, but
don't worry about me, OK? I'm fine.
Look, I need to find Guy, OK? And
you just get on that flight, right?
OK. OK. Promise?
I promise. Look Just stay
safe, yeah?
All right. Love you. Bye.
OK Hello?
Mona?
We're sorry. Your
call cannot be completed at
this time.
What if I go there and that
one's closed? Bus service
The train station's closed. You can
walk to the station there.
Excuse me, what's going on?
We're closing up the
station. We can't say at
the moment
..to the next station or you can
walk along the
Totally sell it or you're not
getting any of your mum's Yeah!
Oh, here she is! Sorry! Sorry. Mum.
Hi, monster.
Where were you? Sorry. Everything
was shut down. Two hours late.
We were worried, weren't we, Dad?
Yes, we were.
What are you worrying for, silly
Billy? Come here. Wanna see
Uncle's cake? Yeah!
Members of the public
have been asked to call in on the
number below
Did you see it? Well, kind of, but
I was miles away. You, darling?
Oh, yeah. Circle line. Story of
my life.
They cancelled break.
Oh, nightmare.
Detective Chief Inspector
Vivien Barnes
Four dead. One lady, 27 years sold.
Twins waiting for her at home.
Poor things.
Here you go, they've wheeled out
Vivien on this one.
We are investigating
a vehicle explosion at just after
1pm today in West London.
Emergency services are working
tirelessly at the scene. As yet,
no one has come forward to take
responsibility.
The nature of this threat has
evolved in recent years,
but be assured,
London will not become a fortress.
Right, telly goes off when everyone
get here.
My brother's not
coming home to this.
I heard someone was stuck in the
lift again. How'd you know
about that? She rang Kareem.
In Pakistan? Yeah.
What's she saying now? No
one is locking you in the
lift, Ammi. It's where
Nani presses the buttons.
I got stuck in the lift, whole day.
30 minutes. Tops.
Hey, congratulations. What for?
You know. Don't play it down.
This is huge for us. Thank you.
Come on. You got your big bag?
Got everything? Yeah.
Bye-bye. Bye-bye.
Hey, Sis. Omar. Is everything OK?
Yeah, yeah, we're good. We're all
safe and sound. Oh, thank God.
Aren't we, Tak Tak? It's Auntie.
Hello. Hi, Tak Tak. Are you still
coming to the party?
Yeah. Yeah, course. Sammi's so
excited about seeing Kareem. We all
are. Aren't we? Yeah!
And besides, Tak Tak's got a new
dress. Haven't you? And wings!
And wings!
You've got a new dress? Yeah.
Listen, I'm gonna text Dani.
I tried to call, but
he's not picking
up. I'll see you in a bit.
All right.
Say bye to Mummy. Bye! Bye,
darling. Have fun. Bye. Bye.
No, this is not what we agreed.
This is not right!
Come on, then.
Got it.
Hey!
Help us with some, mate. Yeah,
gotcha. There you go. Is he
here yet?
It's just Omar. Just Omar? Ta
very much.
All right if I leave my van out
there, yeah? Not exactly, no.
Auntie!
Hey! Look at you! Nice.
Ammi!
My cigarettes? Mm.
She looks beautiful. Isn't she? I
should hope so. It cost enough.
Uh. Mummy not in the house, huh?
Uh.
Come on, then. Let's get this
party started.
Nice cup of Daddy's special Earl
Grey coming up.
Do the leg move. Do the
Give me that. Oh, come on
I'm gonna kick
it old school with your mum.
Now, here we go.
All right, get limbered up. I'm
coming. You know you love this one.
Stop. Come on. I need some
of those old-school moves.
This is nostalgic.
Look at that.
There we go. A bit of that.
Oh, it's more hippy. Oh, come on!
Oi, oi.
Yoo-hoo! Hi!
We're here!
Sorry, sorry, sorry.
Have you been drinking? No, no, no,
no Don't tell Mum.
Ammi! Ani's here.
What's wrong with it? It's so
indecent. It's the 21st century,
Ammi. So sexy, no?
It's not mine, anyway,
it's Shania's.
Shania's got the figure for it.
Mum!
Oh, Mum, you remember Shania.
Ani's, erm flatmate.
What? Ow, oh, God, my leg.
What? I live on my own! All right.
Mercy, mercy, mercy!
When did you get so strong? We've
been doing a bit of self-defence. I
can tell!
I'm gonna speak to Kareem.
Oh, yeah?
Yeah. Time someone
married you off.
Well, I'm not the marrying kind,
am I?
Come put it Oh, wow, you've
thought of everything.
Oh, not everything. Ah!
We have brought some sweets.
Oh, that's so nice of you. Ladoos!
That's Kareem's favourite. Yeah.
So, are you excited about seeing
Daddy? Course I am. It's been five
months, eh?
She'll have forgotten what he
looks like.
Saira, come and eat. Come on.
Khana is ready.
Dani's on his way? I thought you
called him. Well, texted him.
You and me, both. Did you get any
response? Not a word. Me neither.
Omar? Hm? You saw Dani, right?
Yeah. Last week.
See, he's probably just
running late. Student, innit?
To his own father's homecoming?
That'll be him. Come on, quick!
But, erm, he's not due in yet!
Right, Sammi, music.
Everyone, first positions.
Oh, I'm sorry. Is it too loud?
I'm Detective Sergeant Joe
Townsend, Greater London Police.
May I come in? Er, yeah, of course,
yeah. Thank you.
Surprise!
It's it's a false alarm. Erm,
Mona Mon.
This is, er, Sergeant Townsend. Dr
Kareem Shirani's your? Brother.
And his wife Rahana? She's here.
What is it?
Er I tell you what Let's take
this
What's going on?
We've had confirmation
from the High Commission
that a man fitting Dr
Shirani's description
has been reported as abducted by
persons unknown.
We don't have all the details yet,
but the incident occurred
on route M2 outside the city of
Lahore.
Right now there's nothing you
can do.
A police liaison officer will be
in touch.
Saira. Come with Mum upstairs,
all right?
All right, big fella,
you get some rest,
OK? Where's Mookie?
Sure, here you go.
Sleep tight.
As we've been discussing
this evening, the
identity of the bomber
was confirmed yesterday
as Marta Kolovich, a Bosnian
national who had been living in
West London,
and is known to
operate in extremist
circles Knew it'd
be one of our lot.
They're not MY lot.
..people would've worked with her,
been friendly with her
He's not dead.
If he was gone I would know.
Hey, this is Dani.
I'm not here, so
leave a message and
I'll call you back.
Dani.
It's me. I I know it's been a
while, but
will you call me?
Please.
Hey Dani?! ..this is Dani.
I'm not here,
so leave a message and
I'll call you back.
Dani, it's Mona. Can you please
call me the minute you get this?
I thought you called him before?
No, it's switched off. I mean, he
doesn't even know yet.
Mona
Mon.
Breakfast? I can't. I'm late.
Late for what? I thought we could
all go up to the mosque.
Yeah, you go. Mona, just take
a second.
Look, why don't we meet up later?
How about that?
Mum.
Mon.
How can she just carry on like it's
a normal day?
Ani.
Mon! Mon! Wait!
Mon! Hey!
Mon, wait. What
I'm sorry, I just can't sit at
home. I'll go mad. It's OK.
I get it. You go do your thing
and I'll deal with Dad.
Thank you.
Come here.
Go.
This is DS
Townsend. Please leave a message.
Sergeant Townsend, this
is Mona Harcourt. Can you
please call me as soon
as you get this message?
Just pull the door when
you're done. Thank you.
Hi. Hi.
I haven't seen him in about
six six weeks.
But you don't know where he went?
No.
He's not in any trouble, is he?
No. No
Did he did he seem all right, in
himself?
He was a bit of a
fish out of water.
He's not the only one of those.
But, I mean, he had his running,
right? Aye.
But he tore his hamstring first
week of term. Did he not say?
Mona, w-where are you?
I'm I'm at Dani's university.
He just cleared out six weeks ago.
Listen, erm, something's come up.
I need you to get in a taxi
and come home. Is it Kareem?
Mona look, please, just do as I
say. Well, what's going on?
I'll tell you when you get home.
Guy, you're scaring me. What is it?
Please! Just
get in a taxi. Tell me now.
There's a video erm
They call themselves
Saif Ali Jasim.
Mona come home.
Uh.
We'll do everything we can to help
in these terrible circumstances.
Two doctors in the family. Parents
must've been proud.
Yeah, they were.
Um Your brother was born
out there?
We both were.
When did you come here, erm,
to England?
He was five, I was two.
Family adjust all right?
So, strong links to home?
Home?
Pakistan.
Yeah, I I suppose so.
And you're brother was out there a
lot for his clinic? Yeah, well, he
had to be.
And it was his own charity? Yes.
Have you any idea how much he
raised?
I'm sorry, how is that relevant?
It may not be.
So, wife, Rahana. Daughter, Saira.
And a son Danish, from a
previous First marriage.
But she died.
I'm sorry to hear that.
It was a long time ago.
Your nephew Danish Dani.
Yeah, what about him? You tried
contacting him at college today?
Is that normal for your nephew?
Disappearing off the radar
like that?
No, he's he's not disappeared.
You've no idea where he is? Not at
this minute, but he will call me.
I'm sorry, but what what has any
of this got to do with my brother?
Vivien.
You you heard what happened?
Yes.
Your wife's with one
of my colleagues.
You're aware those bastards
posted a video online?
I know, and we're doing
everything in our power.
I'm assured it will be gone by
this evening. Thank you. While I've
got you
Your nephew Danish. If he calls in,
can you ask him to contact us?
Look, I've gotta go. Will you give
Mona my condolences? I'm sorry. OK.
Go, go.
Hey.
Come on. Let's get out of here.
You OK?
Townsend was just being thorough.
He's trying to cover all angles.
They knew I went looking for him.
How would
they know that if they
weren't checking on him?
I don't know. Because the porter
or someone spoke to the local
police. Mona.
If there was a problem with Dani,
Kareem would have told me. He
would've said something.
What are you doing? It's one
of Mum's.
Well, give us a go, then.
Cheers.
What?
What?! Look
I don't like to say this, but
OK, just
Kareem and Dani I mean, they had
their fair share of run-ins,
didn't they?
Well, he was his dad. What do
you expect? Yeah, OK.
You know what boys are like.
As soon as they get
to 18, they're like battering
rams, aren't they?
Well, maybe Maybe
Dani met somebody.
OK I mean, if Dani Guy, this
is my brother and his son.
I know. I know, and I'm
I'm sorry.
Come on.
Did you see it? What
they did to him?
I did.
I love you, sweetheart. I love
you too.
There's nothing for you
to be scared about, OK?
Islamophobia will probably rise
now. There have been attacks on
Muslim women
..These people come in, say they're
seeking asylum. They're not!
Politicians, they're
brainwashing people that it's
a Muslim ideology. There's
a global threat
campaign now against Muslim
brotherhoods, and
he is trying to
..people are saying they're being
listened to
..What, right now? Honestly, I just
wish they'd die.
All I have to say is, keep Britain
British.
They're spreading. It's like a
virus Go home!
Gutted. I can't get my head
around it.
It's so horrible. I don't
believe it. But why are they asking
you about Dani?
I know. It's it's total
..bollocks. Exactly.
We have to get hold of him. I was
thinking, this doesn't make sense.
The girl on his floor said that he
dropped out, but you saw him last
week, right?
Yeah.
Oms What?
Look, I I was gonna go, I swear.
I dropped him a line saying I'm on
my way, right, like you do, and
And? Well, he calls me up, he says
don't come.
Not to tell you or his dad. But the
fact is, he was bunking off.
Where?
Spain Holiday.
That's what he told me.
Look, he sounded fine, all right?
He just needs a break.
All the stress he's been under.
A levels and uni. Poor kid.
Well, exactly. Hang on a minute.
Hang on a minute. Ani, you knew
about this?
Yeah.
From Oms, I expect this, but YOU?
OK, I'm
sorry. I know, I know.
I should've said.
All right, look, it doesn't
matter, OK?
When was the last time you saw him?
Erm, the holidays.
Yeah, same here.
First week of term.
Facebook? No, nothing
posted recently.
Did you know that he hurt his leg?
He pulled
a hamstring and they
wouldn't let him run.
He never said. He's a teenager. You
know Dani.
Do you think we left him out? No.
We were leaving him alone.
We all could've done
better with Kareem away. No, no.
This is my fault.
Mum! It's Auntie.
I thought I put you to bed.
Look, I've gotta take this,
OK? OK. I'll see you later.
Hello? Mona. They're here.
They just
showed up. They're
all over the house.
Hang on a minute. Slow down. Who's
over the house? Police!
Police? Well, how many of them? I
dunno, er
Half a dozen. Do you know
what they're looking for?
They're taking his stuff!
How can they do that?!
I want you to go inside,
find the officer in charge
and put them on the phone, OK?
Yeah, all right.
Excuse me. There's
Hello, this is DS Townsend.
Who am I speaking to?
My sister-in-law is still grieving.
What are you doing in her house?
We have a warrant to search these
premises. Search the premises
for what?
As I explained to Mrs
Shirani, everything removed
will be docketed and returned.
Thank you.
We're done here.
I'm gonna call a solicitor first
thing in the morning. Don't worry.
We'll speak as soon as I've got
it sorted.
Rahana?
Hey. Are you all right? Yeah.
Also, Nani's gone walkabout again.
Ammi!
Ammi.
You've had it 40 years, Ammi.
What do you expect?
Your abbu bought it when we
left home.
So, you're leaving my house now,
are you?
I just don't feel good here.
Come inside, Ammi.
Do you know, your abbu always used
to say
we are guests in this country.
We're not guests, Ammi.
This is our home now.
Guy's English, Sammi's English
I'm English, huh?
English when the sun is shining.
And now this bomb
All this violence.
The neighbour's look at me with bad
eyes, I tell you.
You know that giant fellow in the
flat next door? Mr Samuels.
But he like you, no? They all look
at you also like that.
Nobody's looking at anybody, Ammi.
I've just had enough of this place.
Yeah? So what's the plan?
I'll go to Omar's. Well, that's not
going to work out, is it?
Well, to Kareem's.
What's going to happen to
Danish, my poor little boy?
Always forgetting his medicines.
What if he falls ill?
We've all been calling him,
but he's not picking up.
He needs to know.
What's this? His new number.
How did you get hold of this?
It's not important how I got it.
Just call him, my dear.
Tell him come home.
Called a COBRA meeting, as
the security level has been raised
to critical.
Meanwhile, a Home
Office spokesperson has
stressed there will be
more armed police officers
out on the street as well as in
stations and major
Is everything OK with your mum?
Weirdest thing.
Don't tell me. She's shacking up
with the lift repairman.
Oh, I I'll take him.
No, no, it's all right. I could do
with a walk.
Well, I can come? No, no need. You
finish off what you're doing.
Come on. Off the bed. Come on.
All right. See you in a bit.
Auntie. Dani
Dani, are you all right?
I'm OK. Oh, sweetheart.
Why haven't you been in college?
I can't I can't really explain.
Listen listen to me, Dani.
I I've gotta tell you something.
It's a hard thing to hear, OK?
But you need to know.
It's about your dad.
I know.
Wh He's dead.
I don't know what to do.
I know, sweetheart, but
listen to me, all right?
You need to come home. I want to.
I'm trying. I'm doing everything I
can to get back.
Are you are you
in trouble, Dani?
When's your flight? I can't get
on it.
Dani? I love you.
I love you too, darling. But
what's wrong?
Dani?
Dani?
You're not in Spain, are you?
Where are you?
Lahore.
Dani?
Dani?
The authorities there are refusing
to release your brother's body.
Tell me you're not going to Lahore.
It's my brother, Guy.
It's so far away. She's not like me
and you. She was born there.
They confirmed your brother's
remains with a DNA
sample. Guy, listen to me.
They lied to us.
Are we in trouble here?
Have you got people following us?
Is my family under surveillance?
DSShe just took off?
Let's try and trace her position
through her mobile.
Dani.